Geneva fusillade of 9 November 1932

On 9 November 1932, elements of the Swiss Army under Major Perret fired live rounds into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters in Plainpalais in Geneva, killing 13 and wounding 65.
The shooting occurred on a background of increasing violence between far-right and far-left groups, of rising totalitarian regimes, and of unemployement and economic crisis in Europe. The incident stemmed from inappropriate crowd control tactics, excitation of the antimilitarist protesters after a speech by socialist leader Léon Nicole, a series of incompetent orders, and a force made up of improperly trained officers and soldiers — who had only had six weeks of military training before their deployment.
Exactly how events unfolded and who bears responsibility for them is still a matter of debate.

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